A Picture of the Nation 2024

The Taub Center is releasing A Picture of the Nation for 2024, focusing on Israeli domestic issues, including the economy, the labor market, health, demographics, welfare, education, early childhood, and the environment and health. The publication is being published at a time when Israelis and friends many around the world are struggling with issues of security and the war that followed the atrocities of October 7, and therefore, naturally, it reflects the impact of these events on Israel in almost all areas. The report includes updated information on the state of the society and economy in Israel and also presents a selection of findings from recent research published by the Taub Center on a variety of topics, such as the sharp rise in the number of unemployment benefit recipients in the early months of the war and the subsequent reversal, parental reports of behavioral regression in their children since the outbreak of the war, and data on the long-term care market in Israel. The report also presents comparisons between Israel and other OECD countries in terms of the cost of living, government-funded health expenditure rates, and other measures. The report was written and edited by Professor Avi Weiss, President of the Taub Center and professor of economics at Bar-Ilan University.